J.A.W will mark its tenth anniversary with a series of parties taking place in Paris and Berlin from November 8th through 20th.

The festivities will start in Berlin with live performances coming from Blue Note's Robert Glasper Experiment and New Orleans trumpet player Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah at Yaam on November 8th. Manchester jazz ensemble Gogo Penguin will follow on the 11th at Bi Nuu. The week after, J.A.W will head to Paris, bringing London artist Yussef Kamaal and Sound Signature boss Theo Parrish to La Machine Du Moulin Rouge on the 17th.

Originally based in Paris, the J.A.W collective has been promoting soulful music since 2005, hosting the like of Larry Heard, Moodymann and Omar-S. In 2009, its three founders relocated to Berlin, where they held events in spots like Horst, Neue Heimat, Prince Charles, Astra, YAAM and Silent Green.

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Theo Parrish was born in Washington D.C. in 1972 and raised in Chicago, IL where his passion for music developed. MIles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, George Gershwin, Bob Marley, as well as his uncle, jazz musician Dexter Sims, all had strong influences on Theo's early musical life.
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